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malia, including Diprotodon, from Queensland, was presented by 

 Sir Daniel Cooper, Bart. 



A fine collection of fossil Reptilia from the Trias of Wiirtem- 

 berg, including unique specimens of Belodon, Teratosaurus, and 

 Chelytherium, was purchased from Dr. Kapff. The type-specimen 

 of Plesiosaurus rostratus, from the Lower Lias of Charmouth, was 

 also purchased. 



Very numerous additions were made to the collection of fossil 

 fishes, especially to the series from the Devonian, Permian, 

 Triassic, and Liassic formations. 



The first specimen of the supposed Laurentian Foraminifer, 

 Eozoon canadense, was presented by Sir William E. Logan. The 

 type-specimen of the Jurassic star-fish, Solaster moretonis, from 

 the Great Oolite, was presented by the Earl of Ducie. Remains 

 of Pterygotus anglicus from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of 

 Forfarshire, were purchased. 



Total number of acquisitions, 4651. 



1865. 



The purchase of a large selection from the collection of Dr. 

 J. S. Bowerbank secured for the Museum this year an important 

 accession of British Mesozoic and Tertiary fossils, including 

 many described specimens of various groups. In addition to the 

 remains of animals, the collection comprised a very large series 

 of fossil fruits from the London Clay of Sheppey. 



A plaster cast of the carapace of the gigantic extinct arma- 

 dillo, Glyptodon reticulatus, from the Pampa of Buenos Ayres, was 

 obtained by exchange with Prof. H. A. Ward. Actual bones of 

 this animal and Megatherium, Toxodon, Mastodon, etc., from the 

 Pampa formation of Buenos Ayres and Uruguay, were also 

 presented by Captain John Parish, R.N., and Mr. David A. 

 Stoddart. Other noteworthy acquisitions among Mammalia were 

 skulls of Bos longifrons from Lough Gur, Limerick, presented by 

 Mr. J. F. W. De Salis ; and a large tusk of mammoth, dredged 

 off the coast of Norfolk, presented by Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



The unique skull of Pliosaurus grandis and the mandible of 

 another Pliosaur, from the Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, were 

 presented by Mr. J. C. Mansel (afterwards Mansel-Pleydell). 

 Important remains of Scelidosaurus and Plesiosaurus, with various 

 fishes, Crustacea and Mollusca, from the Lower Lias of Charmouth, 

 were purchased from Mr. James Harrison. 



